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                <p>You use the fields that are grouped under <span class="ui">Effort (hours)</span>to
                    track estimated, completed, and remaining work for a Task and to report on the progress
                    toward completing tasks. By tracking hours, you gain more detailed insight into
                    which use casees are almost finished and what the team burn rate is. Several reports
                    and dashboards provide charts that display the data that these fields contain.
                </p>
                <p>You specify the level of effort for the Tasks that you are assigned. For more information
                    about how to track hours, see <span sdata="link"><a href="TaskGovDev.html">Task (GovDev)
                        </a></span>.</p>
                <p><span class="label">In this topic</span></p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#FieldsOnForm">Fields Used to Track Hours</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#SchedulingFields">Fields Calculated by Office Project</a></p>
                    </li>
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                Used to Track Hours</span></h1>
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                <p>The following table describes the fields that you can use to track hours. This information
                    is tracked only for task work items in the process template of MSF for Agile Software
                    Development v5.0. For information about data types and default field attributes,
                    see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/c735a582-954a-418e-8b12-1b5c0b9857b9">
                        Working with Work Item Fields</a></span>.</p>
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                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span></p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Activity</span></p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The type of activity that is required to perform a Task. </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Activity</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Original Estimate</span></p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of hours that are required to complete a Task.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.OriginalEstimate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Double</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Measure, Sum</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
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                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Remaining</span></p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of hours that remain to finish a Task.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.RemainingWork</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Double</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Measure, Sum</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
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                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Completed</span></p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of hours that were spent working on a Task.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Double</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Measure, Sum</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                Fields That Office Project Calculates</span></h1>
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                <p>The following table lists fields that are calculated if you create a project plan
                    in Office Project and then synchronize that plan with Tasks that are stored in Team
                    Foundation Server. These fields do not appear on the work item form, but they are
                    calculated for both use cases and Tasks that are linked to use cases. You
                    can view their read-only values in results from a query or from Office Excel and
                    Office Project. For more information, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/be5cef4f-755f-4ffe-8dd7-876d1e02c330">
                        Scheduling Tasks and Assigning Resources Using Microsoft Project</a></span>.
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                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span></p>
                            </th>
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                                <p><span class="label">Description</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span></p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Due Date</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The forecasted due date for a Task to be completed. </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.DueDate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>DateTime</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Finish Date</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The date and time when the schedule indicates that the Task will be completed.
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.FinishDate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>DateTime</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Start Date</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The date and time when the schedule indicates that the Task will start.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.StartDate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>DateTime</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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